On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 12:20:47AM -0700, Jeff Bonwick wrote:
> > I just got an Ultra 20 with the default 80GB internal disk. Right now,
> > I'm using around 30GB for zfs. I will be getting a new 250GB drive.
> >
> > Question: If I create a 30GB slice on the 250GB drive, will that be okay
> > to use as mirror (or raidz) of the current 30GB that I now have on the
> > 30GB drive? I ask because if I remember correctly, some volume managers
> > require(?) that mirrors should use drives with the same geometry.
>
> Yes. The size of a ZFS mirror is the size of its smallest member.
> However, if you later replace the 30G slice with a shiny new 25G drive,
^^^ 250G,
presumably?
> the mirror will automatically grow to make the full 250G available.
>
> Jeff
>
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